i'm moving on to bigger and brighter things such as movie reviews. i have a lot of them. and you know why? it's because i've been stalking the lovely {ms. abby} and have found that if i just copy every.single.thing that she does all will be well. it's seemed to work out so far, especially in the watching movies off netflix.com department. now i can still be in the same room with my children, have them watching their shows on t.v. while i'm watching my movies on the computer. nice. just the other day i was able to watch two whole movies before the hour of 9pm. in my home that is a miracle since normally we don't even get around to watching movies until 9pm. {abby} was right all along.... just don't tell her that. she's already got a big enough head as it is :)
i know, i know. i'm getting to the reviews....
i really, really, really, really didn't want to like this movie. i had heard so many horrible reviews and i really don't like katherine what's her face. but i did. there, i said it. there is no denying that it was just funny. my original decision to watch it was for pure mock value, and i needed to watch a movie i wouldn't be too into because i still wanted half my brain to be focused on my kids in the room. plus, who doesn't love some gerard butler? anyway, i ended up laughing out loud, causing my ever curious kids to wander over and try and watch with me, only for me to frantically pause it because it's certainly NOT a movie for the youngins'. okay, so it's totally predictable, it's a romcom after all. and there were quite a few dirty jokes, which i usually don't find humorous, but i sure did in this movie. maybe i'm so low that all i need is a really hot guy in a movie to say a dirty joke and i'll laugh. who knows. it just did.
i had also heard oh so many bad reviews for 'the proposal' as well. i still wanted to see it because i love me some ryan reynolds and sandra bullock. (hello, 'while you were sleeping' and 'just friends' anyone?) and the reviewers can suck it. i thought this movie was HILARIOUS. okay, yes it's another romcom, and yes again, it's tooooottttaaalllyyy predictable and unrealistic, but it's funny. like, laugh out loud funny. and betty white is my hero. she is just the best actress around. (i liked her way before it was cool to like her, just so you know.) hearing betty say "should we call you margarat or satan's mistress? i've heard it many ways..." is just funny. oh, and ryan is HOT.
i HATE this movie. and here is why. the beginning is hopeful. hope in that this movie will actually finally have women realize that they are being total lunatics when it comes to relationships. that guys really are simple and that if they truly did like you they would find a way to see you again. that the urban legends we ladies spread throughout the female societies are just that. urban legends. you start to think, "yes, finally there is a movie that is telling the truth!" and then it slaps you in the face. seriously. right. in. your. face. why? because all the crappy guys in the movie turn around, suddenly see the light and become the perfect urban legend boyfriend all us ladies have dreamed of. vomit. it just validates to those women that yes, you should totally act neurotic and your man will come around and change! vomit. i hate this movie....
okay, so there's fashion and then there's fashion. the latter i find just bizarre. it's so foreign, so alien, i just don't understand. i don't understand how people find high fashion beautiful, or why you should pay the price of a car for a really ugly dress. but i do understand how and find high fashion beautiful or interesting in editorials or as "art". but whatever, fashion is just weird.i did find this documentary very very interesting. it's about the vogue editor anna wintor and their extravagant september issue. the 2007 edition was their biggest one yet. as in, over 100+ pages. huge. i can see how people could find her frigid or mean but i certainly could never do her job. everything she does is precise, crisp, clear cut and business oriented. i think she's just reserved and knows exactly what she wants. maybe that comes across as mean, i think she's just honest. they had another woman on named grace who started at the same time as anne. the juxtaposition between the two was striking. while anne was reserved, grace was quite outspoken. you feel so sorry for grace most of the time because she works so hard on all the editorials, put such passion and love into them, only for anne to cut them from the magazine. the painful looks on grace's face were heartbreaking. overall, i found the behind the scenes of the fashion world completely fascinating. worth watching.
i LOVED this movie. i have always been in love with julia child. when i was little, i remember watching her on pbs saturday mornings when all the cartoons were over and i was avoiding my chores. she was always so funny and charming in my young mind. this movie brought back all those wonderful memories. it also made me desperately miss paris and i desperately want to move there tomorrow. it also makes me wish that i had something important to say, or a clever idea that i could blog about. but i don't. my useless ramblings are for my own entertainment really and the fact that i have a handful of people who actually willingly read my blog still boggles my mind. i want to go cook something now....
